Altenburg (Thüringen)

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ALTENBURG

State : Thüringen
District (Kreis) : Altenburger Land
Additions : 1922 Drescha, Kauerndorf, Rasephas, Zschernitzsch; 1938 Poschwitz; 1953 Steinwitz; 1993 Ehrenberg; 1994 Zetzscha; 1996 Kosma

Official blazon

German	Gespalten von Rot und Silber, darin eine silberne Burg; an der Torstelle belegt mit einem goldenen Schild, darin ein schwarzer Löwe mit roter Zunge und Bewehrung; rechts vom Turm schwebend eine silberne Hand, links eine rote Rose mit goldenem Butzen und grünen Kelchblättern.
English	(Thüringen) No blazon/translation known. Please click here to send your (heraldic !) blazon or translation

Origin/meaning

The arms show the castle Altenburg, the lion of Meissen, as the city was part of the County Meissen, a hand as a symbol for justice, and a rose, taken from the Margraves of Altenburg.

The arms in the Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708)	The arms in a German album +/- 1910
The arms in the Abadie albums
	Seals from around 1900
	The arms by Hupp in the Kaffee Hag albums +/- 1925

Literature: Bensing, et al; Lexicon Städte und Wappen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Leipzig, 1985.